E-health: the new frontier of healthcare The use of new communication technologies in health management is labeled eHealth. It is a broad term that encompasses a broad range of phenomena, conceptions and instruments. Generally speaking, eHealth technologies such as those driven by the Internet, can enable patients to easily have access to health information and […]
Developing a Framework for Evaluating the Patient Engagement, Quality, and Safety of Mobile Health Applications
Publication Date: February 18, 2016Authors: Karandeep Singh, M.D. , David Bates, M.D., Kaitlin Drouin, Lisa P. Newmark, Ronen Rozenblum, Jaeho Lee, Adam Landman, Erika Pabo, Elissa V. Klinger The Commonwealth Fund, February 2016. Abstract Rising ownership of smartphones and tablets across social and demographic groups has made mobile applications, or apps, a potentially promising tool for […]
U.S. Hospitals Engaging Only 2 Percent of Patients via Mobile Apps, Putting as Much as $100 Million in Annual Revenue [Per Hospital] at Risk, Accenture Finds
CHICAGO; Jan. 6, 2016 – New research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has found that only 2 percent of patients in the largest U.S. hospitals are using hospital-provided mobile health apps. Accenture estimates that failure to align mobile apps to the services consumers’ demand could cost each of these hospitals, on average, more than $100 million […]
MEASURING PATIENT ENGAGEMENT: A MUST FOR EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE REFORM
The fast pace of change in the healthcare system requires patients to be more and more aware of their care options and be active agents in evaluating options about where and when to seek care. Patients are no longer passive recipients of care; instead, they are empowered consumers of medical products and services and are […]
THE PATIENT HEALTH ENGAGEMENT MODEL: evidence based guidelines to improve healthcare
Despite the growing “buzz” about patient engagement and the different attempts to define how this is achieved, patients’ voice about this process has been fairly neglected so far. At present, scarce attention has been paid to patients’ perspectives about what engagement in healthcare is, how desirable it may be, and situations and the drivers may […]